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** Project Location:  **http://msasciencereview.wikispaces.com/ ** Final Project: Part Two - Module Design  ** ** Target Audience **: All 8th grade students at Shiloh Middle School in CCPS who will take the MSA- science, with or without accommodations, will review for the test. The review activity is not designed for students who will take the ALT MSA. Specific focus on: geologic processes- Earth’s structure, plate tectonics, earthquakes and volcanoes. ** Content Area: ** Middle School Science, 6th grade Physical Science, 7th grade Life Science, 8th grade Earth and Space Science. ** Learning Objectives **: Students will review content covered in Middle School Science. ** Instructional Strategies **: Students will use selected resources to review vocabulary and concepts. Students will use simulations and animations to refine their understanding of science concepts. Students will analyze data and seek real world connections to geologic process and their environment. Students will apply concepts learned to real world situations or problems. Students will demonstrate responsible attitudes toward the use of information. ** Distance Education Technologies **: Wiki, online simulations, podcasts, online discussion, Voki, and real time data. ** Assessment: ** online quizzes with randomized questions, MSA scores, online discussion ** Maryland **** State Curriculum Content Standards ** ** Standard 2.0 ** Earth/Space Science: Students will use scientific skills and processes to explain the chemical and physical interactions (i.e., natural forces and cycles, transfer of energy) of the environment, Earth, and the universe that occur over time. ** 2. **  Recognize and explain how major geologic events are a result of the movement of Earth's crustal plates. ** a. **  Recognize and describe the evidence for plate movement ** b. **  Recognize and explain that major geologic events (earthquakes, volcanic activity,    sea floor spreading)    occur along crustal plate boundaries. ** C **. Plate Tectonics ** 1. **  Recognize and describe the internal and external structure of the Earth. ** a. **  Recognize and describe that the Earth's mantle ** b. **  Recognize and describe that the Earth's core ** c. **  Identify and describe the Earth's crust. ** Maryland **** State Curriculum Content Standards: 6 & 7 ** Students will be able to communicate findings/conclusions by producing materials in an appropriate format to support written, oral, and multi media presentations. Students will demonstrate responsible attitudes toward the use of information. ** Outcomes:  ** 1. Make decisions to facilitate effective communications of ideas. 2. Apply best practices related to content and layout of presentations. 3. Exhibit respect for the intellectual property rights of others. 4. Utilize safe practices when working on-line. 5. Utilize your freedom of access to ideas. ** Student Technology Standards: ** 2: Digital Citizenship: Demonstrate an understanding of the history of technology and practice ethical, legal, and responsible use of technology to assure safety.
 * ISTC 717 Distance Education Theory and Practice  **
 *   Global patterns of earthquakes and volcanoes
 *   Lies between the core and the crust
 *   Is very hot
 *   Has properties of both solids and liquid
 *   Is at the center of the Earth
 *   Is very hot
 *   Is dense and metallic
 *   The solid crust consists of separate plates
 *   The plates constantly move in different directions due to convection currents
 *   The plates interact with one another as a result of plate motion.